Niger becomes the first country in Africa to adopt a national law for the protection and assistance of Internally Displaced Persons

Displaced children in Diffa town, Niger, pose for a photo with a cart they use to help their mothers to collect the gas bottles.

On Monday, the National Assembly unanimously voted for the adoption of a national law for the protection and assistance of IDPs in Niger, in line with the Kampala Convention which was adopted by the African Union in 2009, and ratified by Niger in 2012. Read the full UNHCR press release here

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